Racism & bioethics – contemptuous racism, medical mistrust, colonialism & biopower: Yolonda Wilson, Tessa Moll & Thalia Anthony

JBI Dialogues

Please note this podcast contains references to people who have died.

In this episode of JBI Dialogues, philosopher Professor Yolonda Wilson, medical anthropologist Dr Tessa Moll, and professor of law Thalia Anthony join us to discuss their work in the journal’s latest symposium “Institutional racism, whiteness and bioethics”.

Professor Yolonda Wilson is a philosopher with interests in bioethics, social and political philosophy, race theory, and feminist philosophy. She is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Health Care Ethics, Philosophy, and African American Studies at Saint Louis University in the United States.

Dr Tessa Moll is a medical anthropologist with a focus on assisted reproductive technologies in South Africa, race, and postcolonial medical research. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

Professor Thalia Anthony is a professor of law specialising in colonial legacies and systemic racism in the penal/criminal justice system. She is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney, in Australia.
Links/resources

• The complete Journal of Bioethical Inquiry symposium Institutional Racism, Whiteness and Bioethics
• Direct links to articles mentioned in the episode:
  • Biopower of Colonialism in Carceral Contexts: Implications for Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, by Thalia Anthony and Harry Blagg
  • Medical Mistrust and Enduring Racism in South Africa, by Tessa Moll
  • Bioethics, Race, and Contempt, by Yolonda Wilson

Hoofdstukken

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. The author's overview their work in the symposium (00:01:46)

3. Common themes and responses to the other articles (00:10:32)

4. Bioethics, its own histories of racism, and work to be done (00:17:48)

5. Responses from others to this work (00:33:37)

6. Final remarks - the state of racism in bioethics, healthcare and related spaces, and emerging directions in anti-racism work (00:39:32)

7. JBI links and resources (00:49:34)